Tag: Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
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“Never been afraid of the truth,” then release Julius Jones’ case files
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma State Conference of the NAACP is calling on Oklahoma County district attorney David Prater to release case files on death row prisoner Julius Jones “in order to promote public trust in both the criminal […]
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Help Julius Jones, now on Oklahoma’s death row, to have his sentence commuted to time served
ACTION ALERT: In 1999, Julius Darius Jones, an African American 19-year-old former high school basketball state champion and star football player on academic scholarship at the University of Oklahoma, was arrested days after a businessman was shot to death in […]
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ANALYSIS: Citing new study, attorneys make case for new proceedings in the Julius Jones case
By Patrick B. McGuigan The City Sentinel Sept. 24, 2017 OKLAHOMA CITY – A team of attorneys say the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals should revisit a decision denying death row inmate Julius Darius Jones new judicial proceedings. In light […]
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